What we’re reading, cooking, and watching this week in the worlds of food, travel, and beyond.

Summer squash, polenta, feta cheese

Tour of Flushing with Jason Wang of Xi'an Famous Foods and Biang!We are biased, of course, because we live in Queens, but articles about eating out in Flushing, our borough’s chaotic Chinatown, never, ever get old. There are just too many gems in the neighborhood! On our next visit, we’ll seek out some of these, from Serious Eats New York. NYC tourists: You should too!

Taco Bell’s Sophisticated Side
File this one under “positive baby steps in the fast-food industry”: With its Cantina Bell line, Taco Bell, with a nod to Chipotle, is trying for healthier, more upscale (but still inexpensive) Tex-Mex food. And maybe to ditch its reputation for being, as Slate’s Matthew Yglesias writes, “the restaurant for you if you happen to be very drunk or extremely high.”

Running With the Bulls Video
This short video over on Four Jandals of Pamplona’s famous bull-running is pretty insane. It’s very shaky and out of control at times, but it obviously captures some of the total madness that ensues when those bulls are at your heels.

Joy in the Congo: A musical miracle
We recently stumbled upon one of our favorite 60 Minutes segments online, about a 200-musician-strong symphony orchestra in Central Africa’s war-torn Congo. An unforgettable, moving 13 minutes.